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I tried a Holdsworth in the store a couple of years ago and hated it. It might have been the flatter radius, but it was not as comfortable as a DC or CT. It was not clubby at all. I remember it being flat and wide, just didnt feel right. The CT and DCs are so good, I wouldn't change the neck.
In fact, now that I remember it was an all koa on red tag sale for a ridiculously low price, but I wouldn't even consider it.

I'd put it somewhere in between a fat 50s LP neck and the slimmer 60s neck. Slimmer than my PRS Singlecut, but heftier than my American Strat. When I bought my Reissue 59 Sunburst Historic LP, I was stunned by the Louisville Slugger of a neck. I never thought I could get my hands wrapped around it. But after playing it for awhile I found it more comfortable than the 60s profile on my '03 LP Standards.

On a side note: Over the years I've developed some nasty tendonitis, and a rounder profile puts less stress on my abductor pollicis brevis (the mound of muscle on the thumb side of the palm). This is the muscle that eithr draws your thumb around the neck or presses it against the back of the neck, depending on how you grip.

Anyway, I find both Carvin's CT and Holdsworth necks to be somewhere in between. The latter just a tad moreso.

Evster2012 wrote:...On a side note: Over the years I've developed some nasty tendonitis, and a rounder profile puts less stress on my abductor pollicis brevis (the mound of muscle on the thumb side of the palm). This is the muscle that eithr draws your thumb around the neck or presses it against the back of the neck, depending on how you grip...

I know exactly where your coming from. I've been dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome since 1991 or so. It was one of the main reasons I ended up selling my 58ri LP. That, and the weight of the darn thing aggravated my lower back problems (L4, L5). Getting older is a... challenge

I am also............challenged. Tendonitus, arthritis and the carpal tunnel syndrome, bad back, nerve damage from the bad back, and on and on. I have found fuller necks to be easier for me to play for any length of time.
I just ordered a CS6 and Fast Eddie (the salesman?) told me the necks are a little fuller now than they were when I bought my SH550 a few years back. Do any of you know how much the depth at the first fret and 12th has increased in that time?

FYI, David from the Hollywood store called today to confirm that they will put a Holdsworth neck profile on a CS model, either 22 or 24 frets. The scale will stay the same at 25".
So, now my GAS decision is down to, do I go CS4 Honeyburst or splurge with a CS6 Koa with Maple fretboard?

Fat and round would be the way I'd describe the Holdsworth neck. It's a lot like the neck on the '59 Tele that I had years ago, but wider, with a flatter fingerboard and bigger frets (which I wish I'd had on that Tele!)

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